O ENSINO SUPERIOR NO BRASIL: UMA ANÁLISE HISTÓRICA

Abstract

The presented article it’s linked to the Post-Graduation Program lato sensu, in Higher Education Teaching, from the Federal Goiano Institute, Ipameri Advanced Campus. The proposal is to discuss the Higher Education in Brazil, going through several historical contexts from the colonial period to the present day, permeated by political and social relations. This is a bibliographic review research, anchored in scientific articles, laws, books and statistical data. Theoretical support had the contributions of Durham (2009), Neves (2012), Flores (2017), Reale Junior (2013-2014) among others. With the study, it can be concluded that the historical trajectory of higher education in Brazil was characterized by advances and setbacks that led to a process marked by difficulties that favored the elites, to the detriment of the less favored social layers. Even in the face of sensitive favorable signs in recent decades, such as the Law of Directives and Bases of Education (Law No. 9.394/1996), and the Law of Quotas (Law No. 12.711/2012), the Higher Education needs effective public policies that promote advances in several aspects, among them teacher training, better salary conditions and, above all, investments in basic education so that public school students are able to enter and remain in Higher Education, contributing to the democratization of education in the country.